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whether the Colonial Office has --
ever been informed that a large
number
of
the Chinese Students at
the Central School are married
- men with families. They marry
generally
at the
19
when,
age of 17,
-after a fortnight's holiday, they - return to school, and pursue their
:
studies, frequently
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until the
age
about 25. This state of things is, however, changing. The Chinese residents are gradually making Honghong their home, and their
children are consequently entering
school
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school at an
earlier
did some
than they age
when
years ago, nearly
all Chinese families remained in their native villages.
3.
The works of construction
of the new Victoria College had been
wholly suspended for some months to a misunderstanding between
owing to
the Surveyor General and the Head Master which rendered it necessary
to make some
modification of
The
plans. The work was resumed last
week, and I will do
my
best to
get it pushed forward as quickly
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